Doing a Kant (was Re: Rhetorical Gestures)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Ken:
>that when one acts in the service of God, or country, or
>capital ... we risk the highest degree of authoritarianism.
>We can only be responsible for things when we acknowledge
>their incompleteness, their failure.

What if by acknowledging 'failure,' 'incompleteness,' etc., you are acting
'in the service of God, or country, or capital' & doing so more effectively
than otherwise?  In any case, there is no moral principle that prevents
what you call 'authoritarianism.'

Yoshie